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Mchaggis
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: Poid]
#13293552 - 10/05/10 12:58 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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than =/= then
get it through your head people.
"Y'all" is a proper second person contraction, but it is not contracted "ya'll", that is "ya will" which doesn't make any sense.
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: Mchaggis]
#13293631 - 10/05/10 01:18 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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So is ain't. Ain't = am + not.
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twighead
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: Mchaggis]
#13293637 - 10/05/10 01:19 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Mchaggis said: than =/= then
get it through your head people.
"Y'all" is a proper second person contraction, but it is not contracted "ya'll", that is "ya will" which doesn't make any sense.
I thought it was a contraction of you all? Makes a whole lot more sense to me.
Edit: Nevermind
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: Poid]
#13293664 - 10/05/10 01:26 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Poid said:
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DosileFlynn said: your right...
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SquaReSaltine said: I'm a reader, so i like proper spelling, even though i'm not usually grammatically correct myself.
Learn to capitalize.
Fuck capitalism!!!! Personally, rules aside, unless i starts the sentence, i don't feel it should be capitalized. Makes people feel more important that they deserve to be. I know rules apply, but we don't capitalize me, so why should i be any different?
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Gumby
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: Dosile Kouki]
#13293936 - 10/05/10 02:28 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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THANK YOU WICCAN_SEEKER! Newbie and I were just talking the other day about the grammar vomit that plagues the Shroomery. About fuckin' time someone said it! If you didn't know any better you'd probably guess that the members on the site dropped out of high school before their first English class.
This isn't a fucking AOL chatroom and it's not a text conversation. Have you people no dignity?
I know I make mistakes. I'm no grammar god, but I at least make an effort not to type like some half-literate tard.
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DosileFlynn said: i am one who is guilty of not re-reading my posts and sometimes submitting a post that has gramatical errors or accidental misstypes i.e. writing everywhere instead of everyone....which sort of fucks the message right UP and confuses people.
ill try to fix this but i mean, c'mon now, we are posting on the shroomery not submitting a masters degree thesis.
edit - LOL see i did it in this post by leaving out 'up'. and honestly that wasnt intentional or a pun or anything it just happens.
Here, let me fix that for ya:
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I am one who is guilty of not re-reading my posts, and sometimes I submit a post that has grammatical errors or accidental mistypes. For example: writing "everywhere" instead of "everyone," which sort of fucks the message up and confuses people.
I'll try to fix this, but I mean, c'mon now, we are posting on the Shroomery, not submitting a masters degree thesis.
Edit - LOL see I did it in this post by leaving out the word "up." Honestly that wasn't intentional or a pun or anything, it just happens.
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: Gumby]
#13293980 - 10/05/10 02:36 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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It's no big deal if the poster is only slightly off in a few ways like doesn't capitalize or doesn't always punctuate.
Doesn't really bother me all that much
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: propensity]
#13294010 - 10/05/10 02:42 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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That was one of those things that my high school English teacher was a Nazi about, so I learned to get everything pretty damn close to being grammatically correct. She used to drive me crazy with that shit. Once I got to college I realized how much she had helped me by preparing me for what is expected of a college student.
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: Gumby]
#13294052 - 10/05/10 02:51 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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I completely support this thread. I accept improper use of commas or doing something silly like not using a question mark at the end of a question because this is a drug forum and most of us get stoned a lot. My problem is when people talk in all capital letters and abbreviated made up text speech, or even worse "leet speak".
The time this kind of stuff really bothers me is in the mushroom cultivation forum because I feel like I'm handing parts of a gun to an eight year old so he can assemble it himself. When I see someone typing like a high school slacker it drives me crazy thinking about the lack of respect for true understanding and science behind this hobby. Sure there are some well read intelligent underage users I'm sure that sneak in but the age requirements for this site have a purpose.
I think the worst part of being a grammar nazi is having to debate with people sometimes while they display apathy towards accepted/expected norms. My opinion at the moment on this is that it somewhat parallels the "war on terror", the "war on idiocy". You might not be an idiot if you type like one, but in a world where empiricism is all we know then as said before first impressions are important.
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: SillyBilly]
#13294292 - 10/05/10 03:44 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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It's nice to know I'm not the only one who feels this way.
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: Le_Canard]
#13294323 - 10/05/10 03:51 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Were; we're. There; they're, their. To; too.
Repeat after me: "The bolded words are not to be fucking used universally."
Lazy fucks.
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Asante
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: SillyBilly]
#13294326 - 10/05/10 03:53 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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You might not be an idiot if you type like one, but in a world where empiricism is all we know then as said before first impressions are important.
Not knowing is a matter of educating your fellow Shroomerite, but not giving a fuck is a matter of a delivering a swift kick in the butt.
Damnit Sir, you will try.
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: Asante]
#13294343 - 10/05/10 03:57 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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These douchebags keep iming my girlfriend on facebook, blatantly hitting on her. So I took over the keyboard for a bit and kicked them in the nuts by continuously correcting their grammar.
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Asante
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: SillyBilly]
#13294360 - 10/05/10 04:00 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Backtrace their asses
But seriously, grammar trolling is the opposite side of the spectrum. A middle road where members politely and nonobstructively remind their brethren not to post like we're back in middle school is to be preferred.
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: Asante]
#13294387 - 10/05/10 04:07 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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My general rule for correcting grammar is if they do something blatantly disrespectful. As I said before minor mistakes don't bother me though your, were etc... do. I don't get annoyed for the most part unless the person is being outright belligerent, that's when it becomes paddlin' time.
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: Asante]
#13294391 - 10/05/10 04:08 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Wiccan_Seeker said: But seriously, grammar trolling is the opposite side of the spectrum. A middle road where members politely and nonobstructively remind their brethren not to post like we're back in middle school is to be preferred.
I try to, honestly I do, but I still get accused of being a troll and/or a "grammar Nazi". What are you going to do?
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: truekimbo2]
#13294399 - 10/05/10 04:10 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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truekimbo2 said: sorry, English is a living language. if the point gets across then it was done properly.
Everyone should type like the dude's old posts.
Sounds good to me. The free evolution of our language is necessary for us to fully explore our ability to conceptualize and articulate.
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: Le_Canard]
#13294400 - 10/05/10 04:10 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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SillyBilly
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: ACTG]
#13294415 - 10/05/10 04:14 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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You fiend!
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: ACTG]
#13294417 - 10/05/10 04:14 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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eyes ink oui choo doll you spuzzles. Phuqrammer
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Re: The 2010 Spelling Nazi Reichsparteitag [Re: lazyfingers]
#13294475 - 10/05/10 04:26 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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your crzy i aint get what u got against horrible languagee and grammer
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